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taste s ATENT OFFICE roman on BOOKLET TO BE ATTACHED To A can on THE use Robert Rea Brown, Upper MontclairyN. 1., assignor to Outserts, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application February 5, 1930. Serial No. 425,971

Claims.

This invention relates to a folder or booklet to be attached to a container in such a manner that it does not interfere with the packaging or shipping of the container. The device can be readily attached to the container in a safe and secure manner, but can be conveniently detached by the user when desired.

Heretofore different attempts to associate a label, folder or booklet with a receptacle or container for food, beverages and medicines having suflicient surfaces to contain the amount of printed matter needed or desired have not been satisfactory. For example booklets have been printed and placed inside of containers. This is not feasible when the contents are of a liquid nature or of such a nature as to injure the booklet or be contaminated by its presence. Attempts have also been made to provide containers with clips or holding meansfor retaining booklets'on the outside. This increases the cost of the containers in addition to necessitating trouble in attachment of the booklet to the container.

By the present invention a folder or booklet can be provided with the desired number of sheets or pages which can be quickly and conveniently attached to the outside of a container or package and can be readily removed for examination or perusal; The folder or booklet may contain descriptions of the contents of the package or container, or advertising matter, or recipes or direc-' tions for use. etc, as a large amount of printing surface is available in the booklet or folder without making a large increase in the bulk of the container or package.

In carrying out the invention a bookle or folder is provided with tabs with adhesive thereon at tached to the folder or booklet in such a manner that when the tabs are stuck to the container they retain the folder or booklet flat against the surface of the container. The folder may be applied to the outside of the container, or when the contents are suitable, it may be applied to the inside of the container orto the inside or outside of the cover for the container. The tabs are attached to the folder or booklet in such a manner that the folder or booklet can be removed with little trouble leaving the tabs adhering to the container.

The invention will be understood from the description in connection with the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a side view of a container showing the devicein place; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a folder being removed; Fig. 3 is a side view of the folder and tabs, partly in section, showing the folds with the portion of the sheet folded behind the end panel shown slightly extended or in perspective; Fig. 4 is an end view of a modification showing a booklet and Fig. 5 is a plan view of a modification of the booklet. a

In the drawing reference character 1 indicates I a container or receptacle for food, medicine, beverage or the like which may be a can, bottle or package, for example, of different shapes and sizes, to which the device is applied.

In the illustrative embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 a folder 2 is illustrated, consisting of a long sheet of paper that'is folded along the lines 2' to provide a plurality of sheets or' folds that lie close together in the folded position. The end fold or sheet is provided along opposite edges with tabs 3 that can be folded backwards behind the folder when it is folded up. The tabs 3 are provided on their front sides as shown in Fig. 3 with adhesive 4 so that when these tabs are folded backwards the'adheslve is on the back side of the device ready to be stuck to a container or the like.

The tabs are preferably as long as a sheet of the folder and are attached to the folder along weakened or perforated lines 5 for a purpose to be described. The tabs 3 are preferably wide enough so that when they are folded behind the folder the edges 7 thereof will be in proximity to each other. In this way the area of the two tabs is substantially equal to the area of one sheet of the folder.

It is obvious that the adhesive can be applied to the opposite sides of the tabs and the device appliedto a container with the tabs adhering to the container beyond the edges of the folder, or in the same plane as the folder, if desired, and the tabs may be of different sizes or a plurality of small tabs may be connected to each edge of a sheet of the folder.

The device may be attached to the cotnainer 1 as indicated in Fig. 1 and when it is desired to remove the folder this can readily be done by pulling outwardly along the upper or lower edge thereof, thus severing it from the tabs along the weakened, or perforated lines 5. When the folder has been removed it can be unfolded, as indicated in Fig. 2, in which the successive sheets are shown at 6 for an inspection of the material or descriptions that have been placed upon the pages. Of course the tabs 3, which still adhere to the container may have thereon information to identify the contents of the container. The several pages of the folder makes it possible to have more printed matter than could be put upon a label m the modification shown in' Fig. 4 a booklet is illustrated instead of a folder. In this modifica- 5 tion a strip of paper 8 with tabs 9 at the edges leaves together.

thereof is provided. The tabs 9 are provided with adhesive in the manner described above in connection with the tabs 3 and these tabs are preferably wide enough so that when they are folded behind the booklet the edges 10 thereof will be in proximity to each other. The tabs 9 are connected to the sheet 8 by weakened or perforated lines 11. 1

The booklet 12 is made up of a plurality of sheets folded at the middle, as indicated at 13 and stitched, or otherwise fastened together, as indicated at 14. The stitching also passes through the sheet 8 at a line 11 to connect the booklet to the sheet 8.

When the device shown in Fig. 4 is attached to a container by means of the adhesive on the tabs 9 the booklet can be readily removed due to the weakened lines 11 when desired. The disconnection of the booklet from the tabs leaves the sheet 8 free so that it may constitute a coupon or sheet that can be returned by the customer to the manufacturer or distributor of the goods for any desired purpose.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the booklet 16 is shown with the stitching 17 to keep the The tabs 18 are attached at the top and bottom of the sheet of the booklet along the weakened lines 19 and these tabs have adhesive 20 on one side thereof. The tabs are preferably wide enough to cause the edges 21 to, be near each other when they are folded to enclose the booklet when it is attached to the container. In this modification the entire booklet is kept together by the stitching 17 when it is detached from the container along the weakened lines 19.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, a plurality of connected sheets adapted to lie side by side, and tabs connected to one of the end sheets on opposite edges thereof and lying ainst the other end sheet when the device is in use.

2. In a device of the character described, a plurality of connected sheets adapted to lie side by side, and tabs connected to one of the end sheets along weakened lines on opposite edges thereof and lying against the other end sheet when the device is in use.

3. In a device of the character described, a plurality of connected sheets adapted to lie side by side, and tabs connected to only one of the end sheets and adapted to fold behind the other sheets, said end sheet and tabs substantially surrounding the other sheets when the device is in use,

4. In a device of the character described, a plurality of connected sheets adapted to lie side by side, and tabs connected to one of the end sheets and lying against the other end sheet when the device is in use, and adhesive on said tabs.

5. In a device of the character described, a plurality of connected sheets adapted to lie side by side, and tabs connected to one of the end sheets, the area of said tabs being approximately tha of one of said sheets.

6. In a device of the character described, a plurality of connected sheets adapted to lie side by side, and tabs connected to one of said sheets, the sheet with the tabs thereon enclosing the other sheets.

7. In a device of the character described, a plurality of connected sheets adapted to lie side by side, and tabs connected to one of said sheets, said last-named sheet lying on one side of said connected sheets and said tabs lying on the other side of said connected sheets.

8. In a device of the character described, a plurality of connected sheets adapted to lie side by side, and tabs connected to one of said sheets, said last-named sheet lying on one side of said connected sheets and said tabs lying on the other side of said connected sheets, said tabs being of approximately the same size and extending substantially to the middle of said connected sheets.

9. In a device of the character described, a plurality of connected sheets adapted to lie side by side, and tabs integrally connected to the end one of said sheets along weakened lines, the sheet with the tabs thereon enclosing the other sheets, said 'tabs having adhesive on one surface thereof.

10. In combination, a container and a folder said folder comprising a plurality of integrally connected sheets adapted to lie side by side, tabs integrally connected to the end one of said sheets along weakened lines and having adhesive on one side thereof, the sheet with the tabs thereon being adapted to enclose the other sheets.

ROBERT REA BROWN. 

